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Articles with tag: Supreme

Can the Judiciary Save the Coalition?

Zafar Mohiuddin   May 6, 2008   interacts: 103

Handing the Supreme Court back to a judge and his team that stood up to the COAS and the President amounts to adding a new player in the already confusing power politics in Pakistan.

Indian Supreme Court says- ‘Live in is marriage’

sharad chandra   Jan 20, 2008   interacts: 19

A momentous turn that will create upheavals in Indian society from bottom to top.

Medals of Freedom for Justice Chaudary

saleha waqar   Nov 15, 2007   interacts: 20

He (Justice Chaudhry) sat on four pivotal Supreme Court benches between 2000-2005 that validated the military takeover by General Musharraf, his referendum, his LFO and the 17th amendment

Martial Law Not Emergency

Khalid Bhatti   Nov 3, 2007   interacts: 16

I have never heard any speech that is more incoherent and insult to the faculties of logic and intellect than this one delivered by Pervez Musharraf.

Shattered by the Status Quo

raza raja   Oct 3, 2007   interacts: 9

The recent pro Musharraf decision has been rationalized on the grounds that we need him for keeping democracy on “track”.

Pakistan’s Political Future Still Hanging on a Flimsy Thread

Mehroz Sadruddin   Oct 6, 2007   interacts: 7

When the petitions were indeed non-maintainable, then why did the Supreme Court not throw them out straight away?

The Ghost of Justice Munir is Still Alive

Karamatullah K Ghori   Sep 30, 2007   interacts: 9

Islamabad’s nervous and jittery ‘guardians’ have turned the capital city into a fenced-of, ‘no-go’ town.

A Sad Day for Pakistan

naeem sadiq   Sep 28, 2007   interacts: 254

September 28, 2007 was a sad day for every citizen who hoped that the courts may finally bury the doctrine of necessity.

PM Shoukat Aziz Ponders a Term for Chief Justice

Saeed Minhas   Sep 14, 2007   interacts: 25

Given the crucial role of Chief Justice and Supreme Court in current Pakistani politics, ruling elite is busy looking at various options to remove this stumbling block.

Cutting Down the Law

Kamal K Jabbar   Sep 14, 2007   interacts: 4

With the banishment of Nawaz Sharif once again the General and the incumbent Government has, shown its myopia, arrogance and contempt for the laws of Pakistan.

These Lawyers Seem Somewhat Above the Law

Moeed Pirzada   Sep 10, 2007   interacts: 16

It is not about Naeem Bokhari; or anyone else we don’t like; it is about law, courts and the social order.

An Unexpected Birthday Gift

Feroz R Khan   Mar 19, 2007   interacts: 66

It was a case of bad and ill timed advice that ignited a constitutional crisis and unlike any previous crisis, this one has developed a momentum of its own and it is this momentum that has rattled the government in Islamabad.

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